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R. s. & T. F. REILLEY.

PAINT POT.

Patent-ed Ap1 .Z8,1891.

UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD S. REILLEY AND TERENCE F. REILLEY, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

PAINT-POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,171, dated April28, 1891.

Application filed November 11, 1890. Serial No. 371,036. (No model.)

I0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD S. REILLEY and TERENCE F. REILLEY, both ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Paint-Pots, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our improvement is to provide a paint-pot having itscircumferential rim so constructed that it may be used to scrape brushesagainst to clean them or to deprive them of surplus paint. In ordinarypaintpots this rim is rounded to inclose a stiffening-wire, and isthereby rendered unsuitable for the purposes mentioned, and requires theuse of a putty or other knife therefor.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of apaint-pot constructed according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a transversesection of the rim thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion ofthe pot; and Fig. at is a transverse section of the rim, showing amodification.

A designates the body of the paint-pot, preferably made to taper for thepurpose of inserting one within another, and made of the usual sheetmaterial. It is here sho .vn provided with a bail a, pivotally connectedto ears (0 a secured to the body of the pot.

B is a band of thin sheet material, extending around the upper exteriorsurface of the pot and secured thereto, as hereinafter described. Theupper edge of this band is inserted-in a groove formed by bending theupper edge or rim of the pot outwardly and downwardly and compressingthe same closely to form a sharp or knife edge a The lower portion ofthis band is bent into circular or other shape a to form astiffening-bead, and, preferably, this bead will contain a cavity forthe reception of a wire a. This latter portion of the band may bearranged about three-eighths of an inch approximately from the rim ofthe pot and to rest upon the ears 0, and also against the body of thepot. The ends of the band may be soldered or secured together byriveting, as shown in Fig. 3. If desired, the upper portion of the bandmay be bent overthe edge of the pot and folded tightly against the upperinterior surface of the same, as shown in Fig. at, which also shows insectional elevation a band of cylindrical form having its bead restingagainst the tapering body of the pot. By this construction the band andpot may be separately constructed and the former slipped over the latterfrom its lower end and held in place by means of the ears a subsequentlyattached to the pot, and which also afford a support for the band whilethe foldingover of the upperedge of the band or pot is being done.

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination ofa paint-pot tapering RIoHARD s. REILLEY. TEREN E F.REILLEY.

Witnessesi PHILIP J. OREILLY,

F. W. PETERscHEN.

